Maybe you are just starting out on the road to creating your center or maybe you’ve been a director for 20 years, but there comes a time in every director’s…
How I Started My Child Care Business At 20 Years Old
The following is a guest post by Dani Christine. There are a lot of child care providers working for someone else that dream of opening their own program one day….
Standing Up to Stereotypes In Our Classrooms
You can choose any career you want when you grow up, except for early childhood education. Whether explicit or implied, this is the message that our society — and to…
Preschool Teacher Evaluations The Fun & Effective Way (with Template)
What if I told you that staff evaluations can be a fun and collaborative experience? What if you’ve been doing it all wrong this whole time and all you need…
Mental Health in Early Childhood: The Educator’s Guide
There has been a big push over the last several years to remove the stigma surrounding mental health. Mental health issues aren’t as obvious as physical ones and so they…
Guide to Great Leadership in Early Childhood Education
“Leadership” is a buzzword that gets thrown around a lot but is often misused. There is a lot more to being a great leader than a fancy job title. Just…
Average Daycare Costs in North America (2019)
Finding the ideal price for your daycare services can be tough, trying to balance covering your costs without taking a toll on parents. But how exactly does your price stack…
Average Salaries in Early Childhood Education – 2019
Staffing is a critical issue in childcare. Not surprisingly, we often wonder what is the average salary for other teachers or directors. Is your center paying more or less than…
Inspiring Professional Growth
Check all episodes of The Preschool Podcast Episode 160 – Continuous professional development is so important, especially now as the sector is going through a labor crisis. In this episode,…
The 2019 Child Care Benchmark Report: Statistics and Industry Trends
Is your childcare center ahead or behind the curve compared to everyone else? Find out in the 2019 North American Child Care Sector Benchmark Survey, brought to you by HiMama…